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I finally understand what has inspired The Mosquito Coast movie.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mosquito_Coast



Great!

It is interesting, why Google or anybody else have not made a map of Moon just like Googlemap of Earth. Are there some technical problems?


They did: https://www.google.com/moon/

Last time I used it, Google Earth provided a 3D view of the Moon and of Mars.


The UI in that link looks really old. If you want the more modern, 3D view, I'd recommend going to maps.google.com, switching to satellite view, and zooming out.


It's too bad they haven't updated this to act like the modern version of Google Maps. It's like going back in time to the old HTML version.


Also, zero road data or local shops. It's like Apple Maps outside the Bay Area...


That's because you aren't using the maps version: https://www.google.com/maps/space/moon/


Oh thank goodness.



Tangentially, I recently was using Google Earth, and zoomed all the way out so that the background stars, Milky Way, etc could be seen. Anyone know how accurate that scaling is of the background relative to Earth is? What caught my eye was the scale of Orion.


You can explore many planets and moons on Google maps: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/google-...


Not sure about it but why do they want to establish a union? History teaches us that trade unions are mafia-like structures. The cure that is much worse than the desease.


It's interesting. When I think of unions, I think of corruption. But when I think of "Gewerkschaft" (simply the German word for union) I think of worker protection.


> History teaches us that trade unions are mafia-like structures.

Not the history that I learned. That's the kind of quip you get off of libertarian blogs. The real world labor movement was just a wee bit more nuanced and important. We're literally about to celebrate Labor Day for a reason that doesn't have much to do with "mafia-like structures".


It seems that it would be better for Google and Apple if Nokia has survived with its own smartphones and OS.


It may be that an advanced civilization doesnt last long. So it is possible that we are somewhere on the very big graveyard.



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